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May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (143rd in Leap Year s). There are 223 days remaining.
Events
- 1176 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo .
- , Richard, Duke Of York , defeats and captures King Henry VI Of England .
- 1762 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty Of Hamburg .
- 1807 - A grand jury indicts former Vice President Of The United States Aaron Burr on a charge of Treason .
- 1819 - The SS ''Savannah'' leaves port at Savannah, Georgia , United States , on a voyage to become the first Steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean . The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20 .
- 1840 - The Transporting of British Convict s to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
- 1856 - Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro- Slavery violence in Kansas (" Bleeding Kansas ").
- signs the Amnesty Act Of 1872 into law restoring full Civil Rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
- 1906 - The 1906 Summer Olympics , not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games , opens in Athens .
- 1906 - Wright Brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their ''"Flying-Machine"''.
- and Italy sign the Pact Of Steel .
- 1942 - Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies
- , U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine . The act grants $ 400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece .
- 1960 - An Earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter Scale , now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake , hits southern Chile . It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
- 1962 - Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.
- 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.
- 1967 - The ''Innovation'' department store in the centre of Brussels , Belgium , burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, which results in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
- 1967 - '' Mister Rogers' Neighborhood '', the longest-running children's series on U.S. Television , airs its first episode.
- 1968 - The nuclear-powered Submarine the USS ''Scorpion'' sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores .
- 1969 - Apollo 10 's lunar module flies within 8.4 Nautical Mile s (16 km) of the Moon 's surface.
- 1972 - Ceylon adopts a new constitution, changes its name to Sri Lanka , and joins the Commonwealth Of Nations .
- 1990 - North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic Of Yemen .
- 1990 - The Windows 3.0 Operating System is released by Microsoft .
- 1992 - After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts '' The Tonight Show '' for the last time.
- 1997 - Kelly Flinn , US Air Force 's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a General Discharge in order to avoid a Court Martial .
- agents can be compelled to testify before a Grand Jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton .
- 2002 - In Washington, DC , the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park .
- 2002 - , convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the Bombing Of The 16th Street Baptist Church .
- 2003 - In Fort Worth, Texas , Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
- 2004 - Felipe, Prince Of Asturias , of the Spanish Royal Family marries Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano .
- 2004 - The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska , is wiped out by a powerful F4 Tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also killed one local resident.
Births
- 1622 - Louis De Buade De Frontenac , Governor of New France (d. 1698 )
- 1688 - Alexander Pope , English poet (d. 1744 )
- 1715 - François-Joachim De Pierre De Bernis , French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794 )
- 1772 - Ram Mohan Roy , Hindu reformer (d. 1833 )
- 1808 - Gérard De Nerval , French writer (d. 1855 )
- 1813 - Richard Wagner , German composer (d. 1883 )
- 1841 - Catulle Mendès , French poet (d. 1909 )
- 1844 - Mary Cassatt , American artist (d. 1926 )
- 1849 - Louis Perrier , Swiss politician (d. 1913 )
- 1859 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , British physician and writer (d. 1930 )
- 1874 - Daniel François Malan , Prime Minister Of South Africa (d. 1959 )
- 1879 - Warwick Armstrong , Australian cricketer (d. 1947 )
- 1879 - Alla Nazimova , Ukrainian-born actress, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1945 )
- 1885 - Giacomo Matteotti , Italian politician (d. 1924 )
- 1885 - Toyoda Soemu , Japanese admiral (d. 1957 )
- 1891 - Eddie Edwards , American jazz trombonist (d. 1963 )
- 1902 - Al Simmons , baseball player (d. 1956 )
- 1903 - Yves Rocard , French physicist (d. 1992 )
- 1907 - Hergé , Belgian comic book creator (d. 1983 )
- 1907 - Sir Laurence Olivier , English actor and director (d. 1989 )
- 1910 - Johnny Olson , American game show announcer (d. 1985 )
- 1911 - Anatol Rapoport , Russian-born mathematical psychologist, and pianist
- 1912 - Herbert C. Brown , English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004 )
- 1914 - Vance Packard , American author (d. 1996 )
- 1914 - Sun Ra , American musician (d. 1993 )
- 1917 - Georg Tintner , Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999 )
- 1920 - Thomas Gold , Austrian astrophysicist (d. 2004 )
- 1922 - Quinn Martin , American television producer (d. 1987 )
- 1924 - Charles Aznavour , French singer, actor, and composer
- 1925 - James King , American tenor (d. 2005 )
- 1925 - Jean Tinguely , Swiss artist (d. 1991 )
- 1927 - George Andrew Olah , Hungarian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 - Phil Tucker , American director
- 1930 - John Barth , American writer
- 1930 - Harvey Milk , American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978 )
- 1934 - Peter Nero , American musician
- 1936 - M. Scott Peck , American psychiatrist and writer (d. 2005 )
- 1938 - Richard Benjamin , American actor
- 1938 - Susan Strasberg , American actress (d. 1999 )
- 1940 - Bernard Shaw , American television journalist
- 1941 - Paul Winfield , American actor (d. 2004 )
- 1942 - Theodore Kaczynski , American bomber
- 1942 - Calvin Simon , American musician ( P Funk )
- 1943 - Tommy John , baseball player
- 1943 - Betty Williams , Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1946 - George Best , Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005 )
- 1950 - Bernie Taupin , English songwriter
- 1957 - Gary Sweet , Australian actor
- 1959 - Morrissey , English singer
- 1960 - Hideaki Anno , Japanese director
- 1964 - Ashley Renee , American fetish model
- 1966 - Kenny Hickey , American guitarist ( Type O Negative )
- 1970 - Naomi Campbell , English model and actress
- 1972 - Annabel Chong , Singapore actress
- 1978 - Jordan , English model and media personality
- 1981 - Bryan Danielson , American professional wrestler
Deaths
- 337 - Constantine The Great , Roman Emperor (b. 272 )
- 1068 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025 )
- 1455 - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl Of Northumberland , English politician (killed in battle)
- 1455 - Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke Of Somerset , English commander (killed in battle) (b. 1406 )
- 1457 - Saint Rita Of Cascia , Italian saint (b. 1381 )
- 1538 - John Forrest , English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471 )
- 1540 - Francesco Guicciardini , Italian historian (b. 1483 )
- 1667 - Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599 )
- 1745 - François-Marie, 1st Duc De Broglie , French military leader (b. 1671 )
- 1746 - Thomas Southerne , Irish dramatist (b. 1660 )
- 1760 - Israel Ben Eliezer , Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700 )
- 1772 - Durastante Natalucci , Italian historian (b. 1687 )
- 1795 - Ewald Friedrich, Count Von Hertzberg , Prussian statesman (b. 1725 )
- 1859 - King Ferdinand II Of The Two Sicilies (b. 1810 )
- 1868 - Julius Plücker , German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801 )
- 1885 - Victor Hugo , French author (b. 1802 )
- 1932 - Lady Gregory , Irish playwright (b. 1852 )
- 1939 - Ernst Toller , German author (b. 1893 )
- 1939 - Jiri Mahen , Czech author (b. 1882 )
- 1966 - Tom Goddard , English cricketer (b. 1900 )
- 1967 - Langston Hughes , American writer (b. 1902 )
- 1972 - Cecil Day-Lewis , Irish poet and writer (b. 1904 )
- 1972 - Margaret Rutherford , English actress (b. 1892 )
- 1983 - Albert Claude , Belgian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1899 )
- 1988 - Giorgio Almirante , Italian politician (b. 1914 )
- 1990 - Rocky Graziano , American boxer (b. 1922 )
- 1992 - Zellig Harris , American linguist (b. 1909 )
- 1997 - Alfred Hershey , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1908 )
- 2004 - Richard Biggs , American actor (b. 1960 )
- 2004 - Mikhail Voronin , Russian gymnast (b. 1945 )
- 2005 - Charilaos Florakis , Greek politician (b. 1914 )
- 2005 - Julia Randall , American poet (b. 1924 )
- 2005 - Thurl Ravenscroft , American voice actor and singer (b. 1914 )
Holidays and observances
External links
May 21 - May 23 - April 22 - June 22 – Listing Of All Days
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